The first part of the hadith has a supporting narration through Ibn Abī Mulaykah, from Yaʿlā ibn Mamlak, from Umm al-Dardāʾ, from Abū al-Dardāʾ, from the Prophet, who said:
“Whoever is granted his share of gentleness has been granted his share of good; and whoever is deprived of his share of gentleness has been deprived of his share of good.”
It was recorded by Ahmad (6/451), al-Bayhaqī in al-Asmāʾ wa-l-Ṣifāt (p. 352, Indian edition), and al-Tirmidhī (1/362), who said: “A good, authentic hadith.” That is what he said. As for Yaʿlā ibn Mamlak, al-Dhahabī said: “No one narrated from him except Ibn Abī Mulaykah.” This means that he is unknown. Similar to this is al-Ḥāfiẓ’s statement: “Acceptable.”
I then found the hadith through ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr, who heard al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr say: “I heard my aunt ʿĀʾishah say ...” He then mentioned the hadith, but without the words, “and maintaining kinship ties ...”; and he added: “Whoever is deprived of his share of gentleness is deprived of his share of the good of this world and the Hereafter.” It was recorded by Abū Nuʿaym (9/159). Its chain of transmission is weak because of this ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, but perhaps he is adequate in corroborating reports, for al-Sājī said: “He is truthful, though he has tolerable weakness.”
- “Allah says: ‘I am Allah, and I am al-Raḥmān, the Most Merciful. I created the womb and derived its name from My Name. Whoever maintains it, I shall maintain ties with him; and whoever severs it, I shall cut him off.’”
It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd (1694) and al-Tirmidhī (1/348) through Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah, from al-Zuhrī, from Abū Salamah, who said: